<section xmlns="http://xml.house.gov/schemas/uslm/1.0" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" xmlns:dcterms="http://purl.org/dc/terms/" style="-uslm-lc:I80" id="id6c92330c-d2f2-11e9-aa7d-f436298d01bb" identifier="/us/usc/t20/s3421"><num value="3421">§ 3421.</num><heading> Office of General Counsel</heading><content>
<p style="-uslm-lc:I11" class="indent0">There shall be in the Department an Office of General Counsel, to be administered by the General Counsel appointed under <ref href="/us/usc/t20/s3412/b">section 3412(b) of this title</ref>. The General Counsel shall provide legal assistance to the Secretary concerning the programs and policies of the Department.</p>
</content><sourceCredit id="id6c925a1d-d2f2-11e9-aa7d-f436298d01bb">(<ref href="/us/pl/96/88/tII/s210">Pub. L. 96–88, title II, § 210</ref>, formerly § 211, <date date="1979-10-17">Oct. 17, 1979</date>, <ref href="/us/stat/93/675">93 Stat. 675</ref>; renumbered § 210, <ref href="/us/pl/103/382/tII/s271/a/2">Pub. L. 103–382, title II, § 271(a)(2)</ref>, <date date="1994-10-20">Oct. 20, 1994</date>, <ref href="/us/stat/108/3929">108 Stat. 3929</ref>.)</sourceCredit>
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<note style="-uslm-lc:I74" topic="priorProvisions" id="id6c925a1f-d2f2-11e9-aa7d-f436298d01bb"><heading class="centered smallCaps">Prior Provisions</heading><p style="-uslm-lc:I21" class="indent0">A prior <ref href="/us/pl/96/88/s210">section 210 of Pub. L. 96–88</ref> was renumbered section 209 and is classified to <ref href="/us/usc/t20/s3420">section 3420 of this title</ref>.</p>
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